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karen

one more dance

About Me

thanks to all my fabulous friends for all your birthday wishes and such sweet treats. you make getting older so much fun.

My Interests

scientific news on the advanced studies of the mind, playing music with michael, phil and oura in now sleepyhead, challenging conversations with difficult people, discovering what makes people do the things they do, dreams, piano, extra dirty vodka martinis

I'd like to meet:

friday.

Music:

nick cave and the bad seeds, tindersticks, the walkmen, jonathan fire eater, cat power, arcade fire, M.I.A., neko case, david bowie, tarot bolero, serge gainsbourg, yo la tengo, leonard cohen, pulp, ladytron, le tigre, sigur ros, radiohead, the decemberists, low, notwist, murder by death, johnny cash, karate, faraquet, elliot smith, belle & sebastian, p.j. harvey, kronos quartet, engine down, otis redding, tori amos, input lust, kiss n kills, dead birds, modest mouse, blonde redhead, smashing pumkins, VCR, witchcraft by a picture, shastikovich, homemade knives, liza kate, anousheh, prabir and the substitutes

Movies:

Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Shawshank Redemption, The Piano, Goonies, Silence of the Lambs, Big Fish, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dancer in the Dark, American History X, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Elizabeth, Red Violin, Edward Scissor Hands, Pan's Labrynth, Henry and June

Television:

about to begin again

Books:

Currently reading: The Mother Tongue

Heroes:

dita von teese

My Blog

va tech: this really says it best

note: i had to repost this because the comments were spammed. sorry if your comment was lost. these are not my words, but were sent from a fellow hokie. i think this really does say it best: "The Hoki...
Posted by karen on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:25:00 PST

i'm actually a little bit sad

because kurt vonnegut has died. i know he hadn't exactly been writing much these past couple years anyway, but it's always sad when such a freethinker dies. it makes the world feel a little more hopel...
Posted by karen on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:10:00 PST

getting older is still fun

thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone! i wasn't able to answer all the calls or respond to all the messages, so here's on all-encompassing THANK YOU! this birthday was fantastic thanks to all yo...
Posted by karen on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:02:00 PST

who needs a radio when you have memory

"I've been loving you...too long...to stop now." Thank you Otis Redding. This song has been playing in my head all morning and I can't even remember the last time I heard it. It makes me thi...
Posted by karen on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:12:00 PST

my letter to Governor Mike Rounds

To anyone who wants to take action, go here: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/southdakota_abortionban   "I am writing to you on behalf of myself and my unborn daughters to ask you to seriously re...
Posted by karen on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:03:00 PST

why aren't more people outraged?

By Monica Davey, New YorkMarch 8, 2006 SOUTH Dakota's Governor has signed into law the most sweeping state abortion ban in the US, an intentional provocation meant to set up a direct legal challenge t...
Posted by karen on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:59:00 PST

oral advice

i went to the dentist today for the first time in...ohhh, i don't know...maybe 8 years...and it was not fun.  i have to get 2 of my wisdom teeth extracted. yes, EXTRACTED. which means oral surger...
Posted by karen on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:25:00 PST

Breakfast Advice

when you eat oatmeal for breakfast, you should eat it really fast as soon as you've mixed in the hot water; because cold oatmeal equals gross.
Posted by karen on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:15:00 PST

Reminding You To Stretch

I helped a friend move out of his apartment on Friday night and I'm still paying the price for not stretching before running up and down 3 flights of stairs with heavy boxes. Amazingly, my arms and ba...
Posted by karen on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:32:00 PST

now there's makeup everywhere, you little princess

it's been snowing all day and i've had a perfect view of the heavy white powder coming down covering everything in sight. now i have the perfect view of me being alone at the office not able to leave ...
Posted by karen on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:45:00 PST